Eintrachthütte concentration camp

Eintrachthütte
Subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp
Entrance gate to the camp, today a memorial
Location of the former Eintrachthütte concentration camp in Poland
Coordinates50°16′46″N 18°54′03″E / 50.2794159°N 18.9008135°E / 50.2794159; 18.9008135
Known forForced labour
LocationŚwiętochłowice, German-occupied Poland
Commandant
  • Josef Remmele, May 1943 – July 1944
  • Wilhelm Gehring, July 1944 – January 1945
Operational26 May 1943 – 23 January 1945
InmatesPoles, Jews, Russians

Eintrachthütte concentration camp (German: Arbeitslager Eintrachtshütte) was a labour subcamp of the German concentration camp Auschwitz, opened in the Zgoda district in Świętochłowice in German-occupied Poland on 26 May 1943, in operation until 23 January 1945. Among its prisoners were Poles, Jews and Russians. Its commanders were SS-Hauptscharführer Josef Remmele (from the creation to July 1944) and SS-Hauptscharführer Wilhelm Gehring (from 18 July 1944 to the end of camp operation on 23 January 1945). Both were brutal in relations to the prisoners, involved in tortures, and personally involved in executions carried out at the camp.

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